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M. GOOTMANN. BILLIARD INDIGATOR.

Nol 52,041@ Patented Jan. 16,1666.

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UNITED STATES MAYBE eooTMANN, oF NuviT YORK, N. Y.

BlLLlARD-INDICATOR.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o. 52,041, dated January 16, 1866.

To all whom it may concern.'

y Be it known that I, MAYER Goo'rMANN, of New York, iuthecounty and State of'New York, have invented anew and Improved Bilhard-Indicator; and I do hereby .decla-re that e A represents the frame, in which two arched grooves, B and (t), are arranged, running parallel with each other from one side ot' the frame to the other side. grooves rods 'n m are placed, fastened at each end into the lower part ot' the frame. Upon these rods n and m, or slides, the registering'- Inarkers D Iand Eare. placed, capable ot' being easily passed from one side to the other, slidin gon these rods n or m backward or forward, as may be desired. 0n the lower ends of the i-iods u and m, on each side, rings or tubes 'vo' andr r are placed loosely, provided with projecting; pins or rods passing into the lower part ot' the frame F and resting` upon or a-t.- tached to the one end oi levers G and H. These levers arcconumsted to a lever, J, which latter is again connected with a lever, L, act-ingr, by means of the pawl a7, upon an index-dial, M, nearthecircuniterence'ot' which figures 1,2, Src., are engraved. This index-dial M is placed in any convenient place on the box or frame A, between and inside ot' the groove C, and it and the other mechanism may be covered by Van ornamental face-board, as well as the lower part, F, where the levers G and Hare situated. 1t' so covered, the. cover over the index-dial M should be provided with a hole, through Which either ot' the tig-ares l or 2, Spc., can be seen, which may be. opposite 01' directly behind said hole.

During` thc playing of the game the registering-balls or markers D and E are gradually moved from thelet't hand of the slides or rods a and m, as represented in thedrawing, to the right hand ot the frame, whereby the weight lu the center of these resting upon the rings lv and 1', and colisequently upon the end of the lever G, is diminished, while the weight ot' said registering*- balls D and E upon the rings o and r will gradually increase as the balls are brought over until the spring or counter-weight on the other end of the lever H is overcome, so` that said rings t" o", or their projecting rods or points, 'will act upon the end of said lever H in such a manner as to cause, by the connections of the leverH through suitable rods and the lever J wit-h the lever L, the pawl X, attached to said lever L, to act upon the teeth of a ratchet-wheel fast to the dial-plate M, turning.,r thereby said ratchet-wheel, and consequently theindex-dial M, a certain distance around, so as to bring,` the next figure marked or engraved on said index-plate to view at the top, and indicating,r thereby that the game is completed. When the balls or markers D and E are moved. again from the right-hand to the left-hand side they will act there again through their combined weight upon the rings o and r,

operating' thereby, throughthe lever G, theV index-dial M, so as to indicate the secondgame, and so on any number ot' games in continuation which may be played. The lever J may likewise be connected, by means ot' suitable rods and levers, with a dial placed in any other part ot' the room, where also the numvberlotet-ames played will be indicated in the same manner.

What l claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The arrangement of the registering-balls D and E upon circular or arched slides or rods,

MAYER GOOTMANN.

Witnesses: Y

HENRY E. ROEDEE, DAVID MosHER. 

